Book Description

Bill, who had endured enough of his mundane nine-to-five existence, was looking for a change. Sharon thought she had it all, until she met Bill. The unlikely meeting of these two adventure seekers led to a thrilling journey through sixtythree countries on six continents around the world. Their amazing ride of a lifetime covered 103,000 miles on two motorcycles and culminated in a surprise ending to their incredible two-year odyssey. The couple withstood days of pouring rain, cold that numbed their extremities, heat that boiled the oil in their engines, and intense periods of fear and uncertainty. Facing the unknown each day of their lives, they encountered a charging elephant in Tanzania, were nearly drowned in the Zambezi River, survived heatstroke, thieves and an active volcano. However, their discoveries about each other and the world around them led to the ultimate achievements: freedom, romance, and the fulfillment of lifelong dreams. Bill and Sharon lived in Pennsylvania before setting off on their round-the-world adventure. Bill owned a bicycle shop in Ephrata for eleven years and started riding motorcycles when he was sixteen, taking his first major motorcycle trip to Alaska in 1973 astride a Triumph Daytona. Sharon is a former third grade teacher and owner of a professional pet sitting business. The travel bug bit her early in life; she was born in Germany and lived in twenty-three places before she was the age of thirty. She bought her first motorcycle at age fifty and began her trip around the world one year later. Sharon and Bill sold all their belongings, their homes and businesses to finance their trip; then wandered aimlessly when they arrived back in the United States two years later, wondering what to do next. They ended up in North Carolina where they now live with four cats and five motorcycles.